Open Source Hardware Certification IDs Are Live!

Last month at the Open Hardware Summit we announced the start of the OSHWA open source hardware certification program. Part of that program involved issuing unique IDs (UIDs) for each piece of registered hardware. Since we knew that low numbers would be hot properties, we decided to wait until the end of October to assign them. That allowed us to give every piece of hardware registered in the month of October a chance for the lowest possible number.

Today, thanks to the good people at random.org, we have assigned those UIDs to all pieces of hardware registered before the end of October. We have also started assigning numbers sequentially for all pieces of hardware registered since November started. You can see all of the registered hardware here.

There were 60 different projects registered from 9 different countries. Want to get your own UID? Register here!

The directory is looking sparse, can we finally all agree this has been a misguided effort and shut it down. Then we can get back to an educational approach to teaching about OSHW and not this self-appointed enforcer of make-believe rules?